Anyone struggling with constipation?

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I am too, I bought milk of magnesia and took the lower end of the adult dose and got diarrhea. So I'm also interested in advice. As my last pregnancy I didn't have an issue with constipation... maybe it's the prenatal vitamins I'm taking this time around.

My coworkers wife could not go for something like 20 days. She ended up going to the ER and getting an enema which gave instant relief. Her OB ended up giving her a prescription for something, so maybe as your dr or midwife?

Drinking more water, Fiber and prune juice help, but I'm sure you have tried that already.

Thank you ladies. Yes Ive tried drinking loads of water, my cravings are fruits and veggies so Ive been consuming more than my usual too. I was thinking of M O M as my next thing to try. Good to know about the chance of having diarrhea even w low dose. I will try it on my days off if I dont get any relief soon and perhaps some prune juice too.

I find that green tea with matcha helps I can't honestly say though if it's because of the tea or because I'm now I've gone into the 11th week now but it did just so happen to get better once I started the tea

Talk to your dr but with my previous babies, I suffered a lot and was told to take restoralax. It’s over the counter at the drug store in a purple box. Worked pretty well. But I would confirm with your dr before any mediciation

I had severe constipation last pregnancy. Magnesium before bed. Start at 200 mg and go up every night until you get relief (not sure what uoper limit is..). This time I’m more sensitive to magnesium or maybe my constipation wasn’t as bad to begin with. I take 200 at night and 200 in morning. Anymore makes me have diarrhea.

Last time I also took 5 Metamucil pills in the morning and night with a glass of water.

I also drank prune juice which helped more than prunes. You could just try different foods to see what works for you: dried apricots, pear juice..

In reply to snharring

18/04/18

Talk to your dr but with my previous babies, I suffered a lot and was told to take restoralax. It’s over the counter at the drug store in a purple box. Worked pretty well. But I would confirm with your dr before any mediciation

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